at first
Example Sentences
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Avid AI users won’t be terribly impressed at first.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Mejia, who is running for reelection as city controller, said he showed up at a polling place and was at first told he had to register to vote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Inflation began rising sharply during the pandemic in 2021, which most policymakers and forecasters thought at first would be transitory.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
On a stereotypically rainy day in Manchester, we're ushered into a kitchen that at first glance appears to be in a normal terraced house.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
He had not gone far when the ground began, infinitesimally at first but then quite unmistakably, to shake under his feet.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
